Darwin - Day 92, 09/07/2016

As most of you know or can tell from the photo's I'm follically challenged (bald) and I've been meaning to get a decent hat to protect my head for sometime. First port of call today was Delaney's in the Darwin CBD to pick out an Aukbra. After a while we found one that suited me best and then made our way to the Shenanigans Irish Pub for lunch and  a few beers, 10 years ago Anna and I stayed around the corner and frequented this place regularly and it was good to come back and see that it was exactly how we remembered it.

After lunch we walked down to the WW2 Oil Storage Tunnels and spent an hour or so reading all about the history of the tunnels and schooling the kids on Darwin WW2 history. We then had a look at Government House and the beautiful gardens in the area before returning to camp for dinner and an early night.

Sorry about the picture quality over the last couple of days the main camera batteries needed a charge and we were too slack to charge them so it was up to Anna and her phone to capture the images.

Distance Traveled = 38 km
Total distance traveled with camper = 32,959, km 
Total number of nights in the camper = 223












































































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